World’s best online flirting line? (Hint: Think Angelina Jolie)

So you’re looking for love on the Internet, but the only action your pickup lines are generating is Block Contact.

Maybe you need to upgrade your material. “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a chat room like this?” just doesn’t cut it.

Fortunately, the folks at dating Web site Badoo.com have found what site Director of Marketing Lloyd Price calls “the Holy Grail of flirting.”

A survey by the site, which has 87 million registered users, analyzed the success rates of opening lines from nearly 200,000 online flirtations in 11 languages.

Users were invited to use one of 12 different ice-breakers, each complimenting a woman on an aspect of her body or appearance. Success was determined by 1) prompting any response and 2) launching a conversation.

And the winner is … “You have beautiful lips.”

It worked across all cultures and nationalities.

The survey found other chat-up lines did well in specific countries.

American, Australian and Brazilian women: Tell her how beautifully she dresses.

Spaniards: Compliment her hair.

Germans and Canadians: It’s all about her perfect skin.

But if she’s Dutch or Portuguese, concentrate on the ears. According to the survey, they liked: “You have beautiful ears.”

Presumably followed up with something like: “So elfin, yet not Spockish.”